Democrats Lose if Lieberman is Defeated
That's the conclusion of Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. Here's what he has to say:
The average American out in the Heartland is thinking "Why would they dump a man who came withing 500+ votes of being the Vice President of the United States"? If Markos' gang thinks that they're taking back their party, I say "Go for it. By the time they get done with it, it won't be worth a hill of beans." Make no mistake about it: Kossacks are destroying the Democratic Party, though it was on the road to ruination before the Kossack/MoveOn.org crowd showed up. The Nutroots gang just sped up that ruination.
Posted Monday, July 24, 2006 1:44 AM
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The most interesting question about the possibility that Connecticut Democrats could deny Joseph Lieberman renomination is whether that would help or hurt the senator's political prospects. Or, for that matter, the Democratic Party's. That's because even if Lieberman loses the Aug. 8 Democratic primary, and the newest polling data says that is a real possibility, he would be a huge favorite for re-election as an independent come November. And if that is the case, it would not be hard to write a scenario in which the real loser from a Lieberman defeat to anti-war candidate Ned Lamont might be the Democratic Party itself.That's what you'd call a lose-lose-lose big situation for Democrats, both in Connecticut and nationally. You can bet that people across the nation are watching this primary. The thing is, Democrats have already lost by this being such a close race.
The average American out in the Heartland is thinking "Why would they dump a man who came withing 500+ votes of being the Vice President of the United States"? If Markos' gang thinks that they're taking back their party, I say "Go for it. By the time they get done with it, it won't be worth a hill of beans." Make no mistake about it: Kossacks are destroying the Democratic Party, though it was on the road to ruination before the Kossack/MoveOn.org crowd showed up. The Nutroots gang just sped up that ruination.
The anti-Lieberman effort has become a cause celebre for Internet gadflies who are a rising power in Democratic politics. Among Lamont's major backers is the brother of Democratic National Chairman Howard Dean, whose 2004 presidential candidate was the darling of the blogger set that disdains Lieberman for his cordial relationship with Bush. The defeat of Lieberman, among the Democrats most conservative senators, would again raise the specter of a Democratic Party dominated by a liberal wing unwilling to tolerate dissent.As I've said numerous times, purist parties are minority parties. It's obvious that that's the future of the Democratic Party. They bought it. They paid for it. Now it's their's to destroy. And destroy it they shall.
Posted Monday, July 24, 2006 1:44 AM
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